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You’re riding a mine cart through a world of orthogonal pulchritude, shooting along a 7.67 mile flat stretch of track that’d take nearly 30 minutes to traverse in real time, time-lapsed here to just three hypnotizing minutes. Minecart Interstate 3.0 isn’t the most graphically arresting Minecraft mod on the block — it’s now approaching three years old — but there’s still something poignant here if you crank the video up to high-def, pop it out full-screen and groove along to the ambient tunes. Time to build: about 22 hours, says its creator. (For another creator’s rendition, including a jaunt through Minecraft‘s haunting lava-filled nether region, see Minecart 4.0.)